“什么是”研究方法系列：什么是日记法？

本书介绍了日记法的发展历程和价值，作者们从自身实践和现有相关研究出发，阐释了如何利用日记法收集、分析和使用数据。本书不仅关注纸笔为主的传统日记法，也专门讨论了电子邮件、社交媒体等科技手段给日记法带来的改变，同时还对日记法使用过程中的学术伦理与道德问题进行了探讨，为社会科学研究领域的日记法研究提供了有益指导。The\'Whatis？\'ResearchMethodsseriesprovidesauthoritativeintroductionstoarangeofresearchmethodswhichareattheforefrontofdevelopmentsinthesocialsciences.Eachvolumesetsoutthekeyelementsoftheparticularmethodandfeaturesexamplesofitsapplication,drawingonaconsistentstructureacrossthewholeseries.Writteninanaccessiblestylebyleadingexpertsinthefield,thisseriesisaninnovativepedagogicalandresearchresource.WhatisDiaryMethod？providesanup-to-date,conciseandengagingintroductiontosoliciteddiarymethod,aimedatresearchersandstudentswhowanttoemploythismethodologyintheirownresearch.Itsprimaryfocusisonsoliciteddiarymethodinthecontextofsocialandhealth-relatedresearch,offeringusefulpracticalguidanceonusinghismethodinresearch.RuthBartlettandChristineMilligandrawonboththeirownexperiencesofusingdiarymethod,aswellaspublishedresearchstudiesconductedusingthismethod.Thebookopenswithanoverviewofthedevelopmentofdiarytechniquesandadiscussionofthevalueofthemethod,proceedingwithanoutlineofthedifferentwaysofcollectingandusingdiarydataandofferingtechniquesforanalysingit,Ethicalissuesaresensitivelydiscussedandachapterontheuseoftechnologyincludesadiscussionofhowemailexchanges,socialmediasuchasFacebook,weblogsandmicro-bloggingsuchasTwitter,allhavethepotentialtochangethemeaningandnatureofsoliciteddiarymethod.Avarietyofvisuals,includingatabulatedsummaryofthemainstrengthsandlimitationsofusingdiarymethodandstrategiesformitigatinglimitations,areincludedthroughouttoenhanceunderstandingofthisrichresearchmethodology.